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  1. Feb 7, 2022
    2
    all in all not bad but not good either, quite boring, another play and forget game for kids
  2. Feb 21, 2022
    1
    Good game with worst camera ever. If every enemy that moves fast enough will chancel camera lock why it even exist.
  3. Jan 18, 2022
    0
    Унылая коридорная и скриптованная консольная херня, как и хорайзон. Настолько примитивный однообразный геймплей, что вызывает зевоту на самом старте. После такого даже ассасин вальхалла уже не кажется настолько унылым.
    З.Ы. Я дико аки конь ржу, но... Это первая игра данного жанра и геймплея, которая удобнее играется на клаво-мышке, чем на джойстике - отзывчивость выше как и меткость.
    Унылая коридорная и скриптованная консольная херня, как и хорайзон. Настолько примитивный однообразный геймплей, что вызывает зевоту на самом старте. После такого даже ассасин вальхалла уже не кажется настолько унылым.
    З.Ы. Я дико аки конь ржу, но... Это первая игра данного жанра и геймплея, которая удобнее играется на клаво-мышке, чем на джойстике - отзывчивость выше как и меткость. Особенно заметно на головоломках, где ограничение по времени. Ирония зашкаливает - сони эксклюзив удобнее на периферии пк, чем на периферии консоли от сони.
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  4. Jan 21, 2022
    3
    Ожидал чего-то божественного, получил максимально приземлённое и обыденное, то, что видел уже сотню раз в других играх. Не знаю на что здесь молятся сонибои. Просто коридорная игра, со своими достоинствами и недостатками. Ничего сверхъестественного. Было много игр, в которых я с большим удовольствием время проводил.Ожидал чего-то божественного, получил максимально приземлённое и обыденное, то, что видел уже сотню раз в других играх. Не знаю на что здесь молятся сонибои. Просто коридорная игра, со своими достоинствами и недостатками. Ничего сверхъестественного. Было много игр, в которых я с большим удовольствием время проводил.
  5. Jan 18, 2022
    1
    Внимание! Всё положителые обзоры пишут преимущественно обладатели видеокарт Nvidia и процессоров Intel. На процах и видеокартах
    AMD происходят жуткие просадки частоты кадров. Это связано с кривым использованием DirectX 11 и последующими потерями ресурсов. То есть системные требования не соответствуют реальности. Игра исползует процессор больше чем видеокарту. При загрузке проца 100%,
    Внимание! Всё положителые обзоры пишут преимущественно обладатели видеокарт Nvidia и процессоров Intel. На процах и видеокартах
    AMD происходят жуткие просадки частоты кадров. Это связано с кривым использованием DirectX 11 и последующими потерями ресурсов. То есть системные требования не соответствуют реальности. Игра исползует процессор больше чем видеокарту. При загрузке проца 100%, видеокарта используется только на 50%. К тому-же в игре нет полноэкранного режима, что тоже негативно влияет на производительность. В общем, Sony снова халатно отнеслась к качеству порта
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  6. Jan 17, 2022
    0
    Постоянные дропы фпс на любых настройках графики до 10-20 фпс на RX 580 8 gb, кроме того игре присуща проблема утечки памяти, спустя где-то час игрового процесса игра загружают всю оперативку и видеопамять из-за чего игру приходится постоянно перезапускать. В текущих реалиях игра представляет собой кусок неоптимизированного сами знаете чего. Играть в это не представляется возможным и этоПостоянные дропы фпс на любых настройках графики до 10-20 фпс на RX 580 8 gb, кроме того игре присуща проблема утечки памяти, спустя где-то час игрового процесса игра загружают всю оперативку и видеопамять из-за чего игру приходится постоянно перезапускать. В текущих реалиях игра представляет собой кусок неоптимизированного сами знаете чего. Играть в это не представляется возможным и это по словам разработчиков называется "удачный порт" ?! Тот же Киберпанк 2077, по сравнению с этим недоразумением, можно сказать, работал у меня идеально и стабильно. Expand
  7. Feb 1, 2022
    0
    the game is very good, the gameplay and the story are good although how the problems are formed is not well done I think
  8. Jan 18, 2022
    0
    The game causes motion sickness. It needs a FOV adjustment and they need to stop forcing it on players. We dont want forced TAA and Depth of field. Modders had to release a fix for this while the game devs remain stubborn and silent. Thats tells you all you need to know. They would rather ddletee posts than allow users to run narive resolution without forced TAA.
  9. May 22, 2022
    0
    I think the game doesn't really know what it wants to be. It's not a good beat 'em up, it's not a good RPG, it's not a good story game, and it's not a good adventure game. It's thrown together the worst of all genres. The camera work is very uncomfortable. There are few enemy types that are repeated all the time, making the game very monotonous. The combat system is also manageable and itI think the game doesn't really know what it wants to be. It's not a good beat 'em up, it's not a good RPG, it's not a good story game, and it's not a good adventure game. It's thrown together the worst of all genres. The camera work is very uncomfortable. There are few enemy types that are repeated all the time, making the game very monotonous. The combat system is also manageable and it is actually sufficient to always press the left mouse button and to roll every now and then to dodge. This makes the combat experience very boring. The game world feels empty and artificial which is why. Unfortunately, this doesn't make it feel immersive. The loot system is completely unnecessary and offers no incentive to explore. The story has no depth and feels artificial. Expand
  10. Feb 21, 2022
    0
    very interesting game!!!!!!!!!!!The graphics are unsurpassed, plot is very interesting!
  11. Jan 19, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. لعبة زربة مااعرف الناس شعاجبهم بهيج لعبان نفس لعبة darksiders تسواها وتسوة عشيرتها Expand
  12. Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Hayatımda gördüğüm en rezil portlardan biri. Hala insanlar bu poh parçasını nasıl savunuyor akıl erdiremiyorum. 60 oyunum 60 FPS çalışmasına rağmen sürekli kasmalar yaşıyordum. O yüzden FPS'i 30'a sabitledim.
  13. Jan 15, 2022
    0
    Uh, the worst port ever Hdr implementation is terrible. Played it on PS4 before with great hdr will play it again on my ps4, even if it's a 30 fps cap. HDR makes this game so much better
  14. Jan 15, 2022
    0
    Aside from accessibility options, this game doesn't have any new content. It is the exact same garbage as before. I understand that this is just a port made for PC players who don't own a PS4/PS5, but I still expect some new content. Take a look at GTA V for PS4 and PC for example; a port with new content that added first person mode, new cars on the road, animals, licensed songs, moreAside from accessibility options, this game doesn't have any new content. It is the exact same garbage as before. I understand that this is just a port made for PC players who don't own a PS4/PS5, but I still expect some new content. Take a look at GTA V for PS4 and PC for example; a port with new content that added first person mode, new cars on the road, animals, licensed songs, more players online etc. TLOU Remastered was also $50 and while it didn't have any new content, it at least added the story DLC and multiplayer DLC maps for players that didn't get a chance to play it. Not to mention TLOU was a 1 year old game at the time, while this game is almost 4 years old at $50 with no new content or DLC. Considering how close the camera is to Kratos, they should have added a first person mode.

    For goodness sake, why does this game still have unskippable cutscenes? Skippable cutscenes is perhaps the most basic and easiest feature to implement in a video game, even indie developers can do it. Unbelievable that unskippable cutscenes are still a thing in 2022. This isn't even a game, this is a movie. The story is the typical Arty Farty "I'm so miserable" cliche trash that has been done a gazillion times already in video games. I should be able to skip all that. I just want to beat up some monsters. Speaking of monsters, there is still no enemy variety. The developers could have added new enemies and side quests, but the developers were too cheap and lazy for that. Everytime I die, it is the exact same slow death animation over and over again. More deaths animations could have been new content for this game. Forget new death animations, why aren't the death animations physics-based? Speaking of physics, the physics in this game are pathetic and laughable.

    There is still no multiplayer in this game. So once you beat the story, there is not a reason to play this game again. Charging $50 for a game with no replay value is a cash grab. And the greedy developers had the audacity to slap the "Only On Playstation" label on the PS4 version, only to find out that this so-called "exclusive" is on PC as well. That is false advertising, considering that this game is actually a timed-exclusive. I don't recommend this game at all for those that own a PS4 or PS5. If you don't have one, then I only recommend you buy this game until it is $10 or cheaper.
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  15. Jan 16, 2022
    0
    El mismo juego que el de PS4, juego lineal donde los haya, escenarios vacios, repeticion de enemigos y de exploracion 0, lo tuve en ps4 y es exactamente el mismo, sin ningun añadido extra, por poco que fuese, para un juego, corto, repetitivo y vacio, solo para fanboys (de este juego, porque de god of war solo tiene el nombre, nada mas)
  16. Feb 16, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Oq fizeram com a franquia patético tirou a identidade do jogo puta história lixo Expand
  17. Jun 10, 2022
    0
    Massively overrated game.
    The story is forgettable and not epic in any way.
    Art/story direction is a mess. Viking mythology, but mixed with lots of other stuff. Makes no sense and is very unimaginative. The boy is annoying and irrelevant to the gameplay. Dialogs feel like from a Japanese game, AKA make no sense whatsoever and feel very disconnected to context and completely without
    Massively overrated game.
    The story is forgettable and not epic in any way.
    Art/story direction is a mess. Viking mythology, but mixed with lots of other stuff. Makes no sense and is very unimaginative.
    The boy is annoying and irrelevant to the gameplay.
    Dialogs feel like from a Japanese game, AKA make no sense whatsoever and feel very disconnected to context and completely without emotions, or completely overdone emotions, even though its an American developer.
    Characters are bland and soulless.
    The AI is as stupid as if its a 00s game.
    Fights are too many and become very boring after only a few hours.
    Fights with trash mobs take too long. You never feel very strong because of that, even though cutscenes show you being much stronger than that.
    Fights have childish snap animations, like you know from anime crap.
    Weapons are boring and feel weak.
    Abilities are boring and feel weak.
    Kratos can jump very high in cut scenes and is able to lift and crush huge rocks, but in the gameplay he cant even climb/jump a 8 foot wall or kick in/lift a flimsy gate.
    Puzzles are too easy and always the same kind.
    The world is a typical console game one, where you feel trapped in a small valley.
    Exploration is extremely limited because of that.
    Not much happens in the game. Just boring fight after boring fight and easy puzzle after easy puzzle, while your son screams the same lines all the time.

    Are peoples standards really that low nowadays that they hype crap like this so much?
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  18. Mar 8, 2022
    4
    While visually impressive, with fantastic art direction, this game borrows too much from other successful games. I couldn’t get attached to the narrative because no matter what happened, I couldn’t stop thinking about how much they are copying The Last Of Us.
  19. Mar 29, 2022
    0
    This is bad for Radeon users. So many stutters and frame drops, its unacceptable.
    if you use amd gpu stay away from this.
  20. Nov 3, 2022
    0
    This game is very overhyped, I found the combat to be extremely boring.
    I'm not a fan of superhero movies, and when one guy throws another one across over a building and they still stand up and fight back I just shake my head and leave.
  21. May 7, 2022
    0
    WHen I read "good pc port" I feel sad for kids nowadays think this is a good pc port. GTA is a good PC port. This just a mess. Locked cameras or certain puzzles you need to solve are so unbelievably hard only because of keyboard. Frustrating battles where your mouse refuses to cooperate. 6/10, sure, 10/10 feels bad kids
  22. Jun 9, 2022
    0
    One of the best games i ever played. Its on my top 5 list. Kratooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooos
  23. Mar 9, 2022
    4
    4/10 I cannot recommend this to anyone, this is a monstrosity of genres that got duct-taped together and then coated in 24k gold to make it look like it's good when it's not.

    Graphics/Art style 8/10 - Although the environments are highly detailed and visually amazing, it tends to get repetitive as most of the locations are fundamentally the same, it's just a bunch of mountains, caves,
    4/10 I cannot recommend this to anyone, this is a monstrosity of genres that got duct-taped together and then coated in 24k gold to make it look like it's good when it's not.

    Graphics/Art style 8/10 - Although the environments are highly detailed and visually amazing, it tends to get repetitive as most of the locations are fundamentally the same, it's just a bunch of mountains, caves, and rivers. The level design really needs some work as it brings down other scores.

    Gameplay 1/10 - It is downright horrendous. The combat is an incredibly repetitive hack and slash with little variety in fighting styles. Every single enemy is essentially copy-pasted bullet sponges and this includes the bosses. With artificial difficulty and level scaling included, it's even more infuriating and tedious to kill enemies and it feels as if I never even made any progress since even common enemies take time to kill. Not only that, the simplistic puzzles just bring the game to a halt and cause a headache as they are usually hidden in the most obscure locations possible and it requires you to look around everywhere with the horrid camera.

    Performance 10/10 - I can actually run this game on medium/high settings on a 1050ti mobile with decent framerates so god damn that's pretty good optimization. This should be expected though cause the game was already done and just ported to PC a few years after so this part will not affect the overall score.

    Lore 5/10 - All their problems would not exist if Kratos just talked it out with Baldur and it was very possible too since Baldur was literally down to solve things peacefully before they started fighting. They really should have just gotten rid of Baldur completely, it would have made the game at least bearable. Also, boy of war sounds like a pasty angsty white kid rather than some nordic kid from Midgard. This really broke the immersion and made the game all the more unbearable.

    Experience 1/10 - I have never played a game as boring as this when it's rated so highly. I really tried to get into it too, I played a good 10-20 hours but I just can't bring myself to play it any longer. Firstly there are wayyyyy too many cinematics and situations where you just traverse the terrain. It just gets so boring and repetitive when a good 40%-60% of the game is just doing that. Furthermore, boy of war can't keep his mouth shut for 5 seconds. Not only did they have the audacity to give him the most annoying voice in all of Midgard, but also make him on par with Horizon: Instructions West. GoW really couldn't escape the influence of the **** formula huh? As for the golden coat I mentioned earlier is possible due to the linearity of the game. Due to the linearity of the game, the developers are able to carefully craft and choose what the player sees, thus they made everything we see really high quality visually and tried to hide its mountains of **** distracting the player with its shiny graphics and detailed snow.
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  24. Apr 22, 2022
    0
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  25. May 8, 2022
    0
    Camera was a problem, rpg elements too, economy was awful. However, it has its moments and can truly amaze you when it wants to. i never felt boredom, or the game is being extended. 8 is a fitiing number for game my style trying to achieve perfection.
  26. Jul 7, 2022
    0
    the game is very nice it's great the best game i have played in my life but there is a problem there is no boss fight in the game and i wish it was longer
  27. Jul 7, 2022
    0
    0 через те що немає української озвучки в цій грі та навіть немає українського інтерфейса
  28. Aug 12, 2022
    0
    I don't have a console background, but for a PC gamer this game is very linear boring and repetitive platformer/slasher.

    Open world? None. Exploration? Not there. Creative quests? Lulwhat. Variety of weapons? Axe and... bare hands. Interesting monsters? Big, not equal to interesting. Story? It's linear. Environment? 3 types of chests in the forest. Graphics? It's nice for AAA title.
    I don't have a console background, but for a PC gamer this game is very linear boring and repetitive platformer/slasher.

    Open world? None. Exploration? Not there. Creative quests? Lulwhat. Variety of weapons? Axe and... bare hands. Interesting monsters? Big, not equal to interesting. Story? It's linear. Environment? 3 types of chests in the forest. Graphics? It's nice for AAA title. Combat? Slashing grind.

    Kratos is a train on rails. Max you get a dead end side corridor with yet another same looking chest. Sometimes to move forward you get a "fit a square peg into a square hole" puzzle.
    Then you get to fights. One monster, slash, slash, dodge, for 2 mins. Replaced with two of the same kind that you slash for another 4 mins while your camera spins in circles... Chores. Then you get a big fat monster that you kill via a thousand papercuts in 30 mins.

    There are Witcher, RDR2, Cyberpunk, Death Stranding, etc. all with awesome story and huge open world. There are Left4Dead, Doom and Serious Sam is you want trash with monsters. Cuphead and Super Meat Boy if you like indy platformers. Why GoW?
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  29. Sep 28, 2022
    0
    greattttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
  30. Oct 17, 2022
    0
    Mataron la saga con este cambio de dirección, es una lastima que grandes juegos ahora sean solo copia de TLOU
  31. Jan 17, 2023
    0
    GoW is: a rip-off version of Assassin's Creed Valhalla
    GoW is: Witcher 2 from Ali-Express
    GoW is: a simulator of welding an axe in gut-shaped closed-world levels without an interesting plot, without non-linear plot, without developed characters, without mini-games and style. It's just a rip-off version of Assassin's Creed Valhalla of Witcher 2(not 3, GoW can never be compared to this
    GoW is: a rip-off version of Assassin's Creed Valhalla
    GoW is: Witcher 2 from Ali-Express
    GoW is: a simulator of welding an axe in gut-shaped closed-world levels without an interesting plot, without non-linear plot, without developed characters, without mini-games and style.
    It's just a rip-off version of Assassin's Creed Valhalla of Witcher 2(not 3, GoW can never be compared to this masterpiece)
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  32. Mar 30, 2023
    0
    aşırı abartılan bir balon animasyon film izlemek istemiyorum oyun oynamak istiyorum ama bu oyunda bu ne mümkün enis kirazoğlu dost kayaoğlunu izlediğimde de haklı olduğum çıktı eleştirenlere laf söylüyorlar kendileri neyi öveceğini bilemiyor .şu çöpün abartılan bir balon olduğunu kabul edin artık eleştirenlere sen anlamazsın sen gamer değilsin birşeyden çakmıyorsun demeyin elden ringdeaşırı abartılan bir balon animasyon film izlemek istemiyorum oyun oynamak istiyorum ama bu oyunda bu ne mümkün enis kirazoğlu dost kayaoğlunu izlediğimde de haklı olduğum çıktı eleştirenlere laf söylüyorlar kendileri neyi öveceğini bilemiyor .şu çöpün abartılan bir balon olduğunu kabul edin artık eleştirenlere sen anlamazsın sen gamer değilsin birşeyden çakmıyorsun demeyin elden ringde buda aşırı balon Expand
  33. Apr 15, 2023
    2
    Перехайпленное уныльцо. Рескин tlou, но с наихудшей боевкой, состоящей чуть менее чем полностью из затыкивания по капле урона нескольких классов бомжей, живущих в мире из помоек, по которым просто так разбросаны сундуки с невнятной прокачкой и клоунской не атмосферной головоломочной системой открытия, от такого сюра и у героев поехала крыша и даже кратос, куда уж до него раздражающемуПерехайпленное уныльцо. Рескин tlou, но с наихудшей боевкой, состоящей чуть менее чем полностью из затыкивания по капле урона нескольких классов бомжей, живущих в мире из помоек, по которым просто так разбросаны сундуки с невнятной прокачкой и клоунской не атмосферной головоломочной системой открытия, от такого сюра и у героев поехала крыша и даже кратос, куда уж до него раздражающему пакостнику, персонаж ни о чем Expand
  34. Dec 24, 2022
    0
    the game crashes all the time and becomes unplayable, I was disappointed because it was a game that I had high expectations
  35. Apr 17, 2023
    2
    Absolutely one of the worst game I have ever played.
    God of war actually has no rhythm it's too slow . one of the most important part of a game like this, is fighting gameplay but fighting in this game is a complete garbage and so fast it will get boring.
    bad gameplay and bad rhythm will prevent you from enjoying from story. many places in game are like each other and sometimes it will
    Absolutely one of the worst game I have ever played.
    God of war actually has no rhythm it's too slow . one of the most important part of a game like this, is fighting gameplay but fighting in this game is a complete garbage and so fast it will get boring.
    bad gameplay and bad rhythm will prevent you from enjoying from story.
    many places in game are like each other and sometimes it will get confusing.
    It has a real bad camera too and all of this gives me headache.
    One of the few advantages of the game is some sceneries are really eye-catching and beautiful.
    Final comment: God of war is one of the most overrated games of ever, actually it's a game for kids.
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  36. Apr 25, 2023
    3
    Honestly, highly overrated.

    Let's start with the good: the combat. The combat is great, it feels great, it's super fun. Weapons have good feel to them, the feedback from striking enemies is good. The bad: everything else. The story is just some world building that doesn't go anywhere or gets resolved. The exploration and movement is a **** CHORE. There are these hidden loading
    Honestly, highly overrated.

    Let's start with the good: the combat. The combat is great, it feels great, it's super fun. Weapons have good feel to them, the feedback from striking enemies is good.

    The bad: everything else. The story is just some world building that doesn't go anywhere or gets resolved. The exploration and movement is a **** CHORE. There are these hidden loading screens all over the place that make it quite annoying to move, not to mention that the Dad moves at snails pace. Dad can't even jump or do any sort of platforming, but rather you can press a button to interact with a ledge, watch a mini cutscene and jump on it. As a result, backtracking in this game is physically painful.

    Most of the game is a linear corridor, however that is disguised with fake verticality and platforming sections that amount to a lot of cutscene watching.

    There is also typical American / Hollywood propaganda here. Kratos (men) is useless and has a bad relationship with his son, Freya (women) of course is the opposite. It's all so tiresome. Makes you wonder in what kind of home were all of these writers raised.
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Metascore
93

Universal acclaim - based on 61 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 60 out of 61
  2. Negative: 0 out of 61
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 30, 2024
    100
    God of War is more or less a game for everyone who is not afraid of action gameplay and appreciates good narrative and production quality. It's also great to watch, so it can be recommended to extended family members over the series. [Issue#317]
  2. Feb 24, 2022
    90
    After more than 55 hours spent playing, I’m still awed by just how great God of War is. This is the result of a clear, determined vision, its separate elements harmonizing almost perfectly to deliver an experience that understands the series’ blood-soaked origins but is also not afraid to push it into a more mature and nuanced direction. Kratos and Atreus’ relationship develops naturally as does their understanding of the foreign land they’re journeying through. The story takes its time, never rushing its satisfying reveals, and making way for a set of surprisingly personal boss fights, while the continuous camera shot used throughout the game is a masterstroke in terms of presentation. All this is built around a snappy and responsive combat system that has more depth than you’re initially led to believe. There are more jaw-dropping surprises I didn’t touch upon simply because it’s best that you experience them for yourself. Looking back, aside from the port’s few performance flaws, my only real complaint has to do with Sony taking this long to bring the game to PC.
  3. Feb 20, 2022
    99
    God of War merges all its gameplay elements into one excellent package, dressed in unparalleled direction and amazing storytelling. The scale of the narrative, the divine but always human Kratos, the "boy" who sees everything with childlike enthusiasm, all this offers the player a thrilling story that has at its heart the most human and natural relationship between a parent and his child. Regardless of preference, God of War is a must-see title. Benchmark for each and all its elements and still fresh in 2022.